Jules Cowles (October 18, 1877 – May 22, 1943) was an American

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

.Munden p.193 He was also billed as J. D. Cowles and Julius D. Cowles. Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Yale and was a writer in addition to being an actor. Before he began acting in films, he performed in a Shakespearean repertory company with

Augustin Daly John Augustin Daly (July 20, 1838June 7, 1899) was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, he became the first recognized stage director in America. He exer ...

for five years. Cowles died on May 22, 1943, in Hollywood, California, aged 65.

Selected filmography

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A Royal Family ''A Royal Family'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Fuller Mellish, Montagu Love and Anna Murdock.Parish & Pitts p.293 It is also sometimes alternatively titled ''The Royal Family''. Cast * Fuller Mell ...

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Notorious Gallagher ''Notorious Gallagher'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Nigh, Marguerite Snow and Robert Elliott.Parish & Pitts p.293 Cast * William Nigh as Buttsy Gallagher * Jules Cowles as Michael Gallagher * Roy ...

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The Bar Sinister ''The Bar Sinister'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis. An independent film, it was released on a State Rights basis.The Service Star ''The Service Star'' (aka ''The Flag of Mothers'') is an American silent film directed by Charles Miller. The film stars Madge Kennedy as a young woman who pretends to be the fiancée of a famous flying ace during World War I. The film was copyr ...

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To the Highest Bidder ''To the Highest Bidder'' is a lost 1918 silent film drama directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alice Joyce. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America and distributed by a releasing company V-L-S-E.The Poor Rich Man ''The Poor Rich Man'' is a surviving 1918 American silent costume-romance film, produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It was directed by Charles Brabin and starred screen lovers Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Cast * Francis X. Bushm ...

'' (1918) * '' The Cambric Mask'' (1919) * '' A Fool and His Money'' (1920) * '' Tangled Trails'' (1921) * ''

The Idol of the North ''The Idol of the North'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Frank S. Beresford and Tom McNamara based upon a story by J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August, E.J. R ...

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The Bootleggers ''The Bootleggers'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Roy Sheldon and starring Walter Miller, Paul Panzer, and Jules Cowles. It is likely a lost film.

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The Ne'er-Do-Well ''The Ne'er-Do-Well'' is a 1923 American comedy silent film directed by Alfred E. Green. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Gertrude Astor, John Miltern, Gus Weinberg, and Sidney Smith. The screenplay by Rex Beach and Louis Stevens is ...

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Lost in a Big City ''Lost in a Big City'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring John Lowell, Charles Byer and Jane Thomas.Munden p.452 Cast * John Lowell as Harry Farley * Baby Ivy Ward as Florence * Jane Thomas as Helen * ...

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The Love Bandit ''The Love Bandit'' is a 1924 American silent Western film with a Northwoods theme directed by Dell Henderson and starring Doris Kenyon, Victor Sutherland, and Cecil Spooner. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Amy Van Clayton is save ...

'' (1924) * '' High Speed'' (1924) * ''

The Lost World The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown Earth civilization. It began as a subgenre of the late- Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The g ...

'' (1925) * ''

Seven Chances ''Seven Chances'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue, produced in 1916 by David Belasco. Additional cast members include T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Ed ...

'' (1925) * '' Sweet Marie'' (1925) * ''

Spook Ranch ''Spook Ranch'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Laemmle (Carl Laemmle's nephew) and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film featured a white actor in blackface (Ed Cowles) ...

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Lord Jim ''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...

'' (1925) * '' Money to Burn'' (1926) * ''

The Scarlet Letter ''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a work of historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym ...

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The Road to Romance ''The Road to Romance'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by John S. Robertson, based upon the 1903 Joseph Conrad-Ford Madox Ford novel ''Romance''. A copy of the film survives at the New Zealand Film Archive. Plot Serafina (Marc ...

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'' (1927) * '' London After Midnight'' (1927) * ''

Sal of Singapore ''Sal of Singapore'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Complete prints o ...

'' (1928) * ''

Dog Law The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...

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Isle of Lost Men ''Isle of Lost Men'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Duke Worne and starring Tom Santschi, James A. Marcus and Patsy O'Leary.Munden p.387 Cast * Tom Santschi as Captain Jan Jodahl * James A. Marcus as Malay Pete * Allen Conn ...

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Why Sailors Go Wrong ''Why Sailors Go Wrong'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by Randall Faye and Delos Sutherland. The film stars Sammy Cohen, Ted McNamara, Sally Phipps, Nick Stuart, E. H. Calvert, and Carl Miller. Th ...

'' (1928) * ''

Terror Mountain ''Terror Mountain'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and written by Frank Howard Clark and Helen Gregg. The film stars Tom Tyler, Jane Reid, Al Ferguson, Jules Cowles and Frankie Darro. The film was released on Au ...

'' (1928) * '' Thundergod'' (1928) * ''

Bringing Up Father ''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000. The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or ''M ...

'' (1928) * '' The Leatherneck'' (1929) * ''

His First Command ''His First Command'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy action film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian and Gavin Gordon.Munden p.352 Location shooting took place at Fort Riley in Kansas. Synopsis A playboy ...

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One Hysterical Night ''One Hysterical Night'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and starring Reginald Denny, Nora Lane, Walter Brennan and Peter Gawthorne. Plot summary A wealthy man dresses up as Napoleon for a fancy dress ...

'' (1929) * '' Sea Devils'' (1931) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1931) * ''

Secret Menace ''Secret Menace'' is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by Richard C. Kahn. The film stars Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire, and Arthur Stone. Cast list *Glenn Tryon *Virginia Brown Faire *Arthur Stone *Margaret Mann *Ed Cecil ...

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Renegades of the West ''Renegades of the West'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Casey Robinson and written by Albert S. Le Vino. The film stars Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates, Betty Furness, James Mason and Carl Miller. The film was released on November 25, 1 ...

'' (1932) * '' The Fighting Parson'' (1933) * ''

'' (1934) * '' The Pursuit of Happiness'' (1934) * ''

Law Beyond the Range ''Law Beyond the Range'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Robert Allen, Guy Usher, Harry Todd and Walter Brennan. The film was released on Feb ...

'' (1935)

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1877 births 1943 deaths American male film actors People from Connecticut {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub